Windows XP SP2 Released

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i heard that SP2 makes P2P file sharing downloads super slow. i dont use p2p programs but when i download files off of download.com it makes my av. speed like 8kbps… but if you do use p2p sharing and the speeds are very slow, then you can download this a patch that will make your top speeds normal. my friend used this patch and it worked like a charm for him.

http://www.lvllord.de/?url=tools&lang=en - for instrucitions
http://www.lvllord.de/?url=downloads&lang=en - for the patch.exe

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well, my SP2 cd that i ordered from microsoft came in the mail today… very quick considering i ordered it last friday i think.

so should i install it? i’m nervous, having read some of the things posted…

from ppl that use it - is it definatly worth it?

thx :p:

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Yes - it is definitely worth it. I’ll put on my voodoo mask and dancing boots and do a weird chant/dance hoping that your installation works well.

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I’m wondering if anyone has had any of these symptoms post SP2. (these problems still occur after I reformatted and only applied SP1)

  1. WMI constantly crashes every few minutes
  2. When I try and launch iTunes it just hangs and nothing happens. No new processes are started. (I already tried opening the .exe itself instead of shortcut, no go)

It makes no sense to me that these problems only started happening once I installed SP2, and continue to occur even after a reformat and clean installtion of Windows XP w/o SP2. I’m on an Intel D865PERL motherboard P4 2.8. Everything was fine until SP2!

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i install the upgrade and it works fine, had not problems with itunes at all . Make sure you have the newest version of itunes, that may help.

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anyone?

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upgrade meaning itunes has an upgrade?

hmmm… i dunno what i’d do w/o itunes… must have it or death…

thanks kirupa :smiley: i’ll install it later tonight and let you know how it goes :stuck_out_tongue:

peace

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yeah iTunes is up tp 4.6.0.15

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that’s the version i have, soulty.

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love police does it tell what program it is apart of?

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my mate had the same problem, win upd was trying to download sp2 for him but it just stood still.
downloading sp2 from here: http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/6/5/165b076b-aaa9-443d-84f0-73cf11fdcdf8/WindowsXP-KB835935-SP2-ENU.exe
solved the problem :slight_smile:

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I installed it last night without backing up a lot of my current files, which I keep on the desktop, and my computer refused to successfully start itself back up completely. On powerup, before the windows login screen, it repeatedly shut itself down and attempted to reboot again. Scary. So, I had to go in through windows recovery console on the xp disk and uninstall the sp2, which got me back into windows where I could finish the uninstallation. Computer runs fine now.

I know it’s been said a thousand times, but back up your sheet.

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but i already have sp2 on…

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Just a thought: Who has a proper bog standard factory computer and who has a home built style computer? Out of those who has SP2 and has problems?

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just b/c i am paranoid, could you tell me what commands you used to uninstall sp2 in the recovery console?

thx m8 :slight_smile:

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In my woes with XP SP2 I contacted Microsoft and they recommended this as a safer procedure for installing SP2:

** Step 1: Download and install SP2
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  1. Please visit the link below to download SP2 to your local hard drive.

http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/6/5/165b076b-aaa9-443d-84f0-73cf11fdcdf8/WindowsXP-KB835935-SP2-ENU.exe

  1. When the File download window appear, please click Save button, and then local to a direction in Save as windows to download the SP2 setup file in the local computer.

** Step 2: Log onto the computer in Safe Mode
==============================**

  1. Restart the computer.

  2. Keep pressing the F8 key until the Windows Startup menu appears.

  3. Choose Safe Mode, and press Enter.

  4. Run the computer in Safe Mode, and double click the SP2 setup file to install SP2 from the local disk.

Note: In Safe Mode, your system display and Desktop will look and perform differently than in Normal Mode. This is only temporary.

Thank you for your cooperation on this issue. I appreciate your time and I look forward to hearing from you.

Best Regards,

Martin Wu

v-mwu@mssupport.microsoft.com

Microsoft Windows Support Professional

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fiery: mine is customed built and i have no problems :slight_smile:

it actually runs faster lol.

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fiery: mine is a dell (desktop and laptop), but the desktop’s hardware has been updated and modified over the past two years.

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Well my thinking is that if you install Windows on a computer with a lot of external hardware connected it tends to hang and mess up on you. So maybe the same thing is happening because Microsoft can’t design SP2 with every hardware configuration possible. Just a thought…

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thats a good point - if they were older machines…

nowadays a lot of the problems such as the ones listed above are due to corrupt system files and libraries at the time of install…SP2 replaces a lot of those with re-compiled streamlined code, that is actually more efficient, but that doesn’t stop some bad files from hiding under the radar.

that’s why a lot people are actually “reformating” and then installing, saying that is easier…because that eliminates the possibility (hopefully) of corrupted files.

it’s surprising how much trouble is caused by all of the system files.